Rick Moen wrote:
> It's possible there are OS-dependencies I didn't spot. However, it seems
> likely that, in that case, equivalent automated attack ("worm") code
> could be trivially crafted and aimed at any other OS (with the
> shell-facility exceptions noted - 'ware Cygwin!) that had been stupidly
> retrofitted with the same vulnerable add-on Web software.
The attack vector is cross-platform, but doesn't the worm itself consist
of a Linux ELF binary?
Ryan